Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Tillie runs again!


In spite of getting up yesterday in the predawn, John was so distressed by Tillie's refusal to start that he spent half the night reading "the manual" and searching the Internet for solutions, and the other half night dreaming about it. At dawn this morning he was back under Tillie fooling around. Result = Tillie started (on her own) before breakfast. The problem turned out to be nothing more than a loose connection. John promptly drove her over to my sister's and back again just to make sure. It was suggested later in the day that perhaps this had been an unwise trip. That was a mile wasted that would have taken us one mile closer to Seattle...

My feeling is that Tillie is feeling just a wee bit threatened with the many suggestions regarding her fate including... sell her; junk her; ship her by truck; ship her by train; buy a pickup and tow her; and, my favorite so far which just came in from friends from Missouri, take her apart and ship her in pieces. John's taken her apart and put her back together so many times this should be a piece of cake. However, we're slow learners so I guess we'll keep her awhile longer. To let her know how much we appreciated her cooperation today, John gave her a bath to make her looked a bit more cared for.

I, on the other hand, procrastinated about my morning walk and didn't leave the house until a bit after 9 forgetting two rules of thumb. 1. It's cooler inside than it is outside. 2. Texas in June is hot, even in the morning. You're no longer in NY, Patty. So instead of the brisk walk I'd planned, there were many breaks to take photos of all those wildflowers in bloom. Just those blooming next to the road (I did NOT forget the third rule - snakes like the heat and tall grass so stay on the road) numbered 23 different kinds.

PS - Curtis, the VW guru who worked on Tillie for a week when we were here in March, has retired. Perhaps Tillie pushed him over the top...